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SELF-SEEKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-seeking mean?
• SELF-SEEKING (noun)
The noun SELF-SEEKING has 1 sense:
1. taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
Familiarity information: SELF-SEEKING used as a noun is very rare.
• SELF-SEEKING (adjective)
The adjective SELF-SEEKING has 1 sense:
1. interested only in yourself
Familiarity information: SELF-SEEKING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
expedience; opportunism; self-interest; self-seeking
Hypernyms ("self-seeking" is a kind of...):
selfishness (stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interested only in yourself
Synonyms:
self-seeking; self-serving
Similar:
selfish (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others)
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